1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if after the general election preceding a regular session and before that regular session has convened, a vacancy occurs for any reason in the office of a Legislator who is:

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(a) A member of the Senate from the majority party, the Majority Leader of the Senate may allocate to a member of the Senate from the majority party or a Senate standing committee all, some or none of the requests for the drafting of legislative measures requested or available to be requested by the Legislator whose office became vacant.

(b) A member of the Assembly from the majority party, the Speaker of the Assembly may allocate to a member of the Assembly from the majority party or an Assembly standing committee all, some or none of the requests for the drafting of legislative measures requested or available to be requested by the Legislator whose office became vacant.

(c) A member of the Senate from the minority party, the Minority Leader of the Senate may allocate to a member of the Senate from the minority party all, some or none of the requests for the drafting of legislative measures requested or available to be requested by the Legislator whose office became vacant.

(d) A member of the Assembly from the minority party, the Minority Leader of the Assembly may allocate to a member of the Assembly from the minority party all, some or none of the requests for the drafting of legislative measures requested or available to be requested by the Legislator whose office became vacant.

2.  The Majority Leader of the Senate, Speaker of the Assembly, Minority Leader of the Assembly and Minority Leader of the Senate, respectively, shall, not later than the 8th calendar day of a regular session, provide the Legislative Counsel with a written list of the number of requests for the drafting of a legislative measure that may be submitted by each member and standing committee of the respective houses, within the limit provided by subsection 1. The lists may be revised any time before the 15th calendar day of the regular session to reallocate any unused requests or requests which were withdrawn before drafting began on the request.

3.  If, pursuant to this section, a request for the drafting of a legislative measure is submitted to the Legislative Counsel by a member of the Senate or Assembly, a standing committee of the Senate or Assembly, the Majority Leader or Minority Leader of the Senate, or the Speaker or Minority Leader of the Assembly on or before the 15th calendar day of the regular session pursuant to this section, the member, chair of the standing committee or his or her designee, Majority Leader or Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the Assembly, as applicable, shall, by the 22nd calendar day of the regular session, provide the Legislative Counsel with information to draft the request which is sufficient in detail to allow for complete drafting of the request.

4.  A request for the drafting of a legislative measure that is allocated to:

(a) A member of the Senate or Assembly pursuant to this section is in addition to the number of requests authorized for that member by statute, joint rule or rule of either House.

(b) A standing committee of either House pursuant to this section must be approved by a majority of all of the members appointed to the committee before the request is submitted to the Legislative Counsel.